Bees can count and ants can recognize themselves in mirrors. That degree of surprising detail abounds in Margie Patlak’s _Insect Safari: Exploring the Wondrous World of Everyday Bugs._ Patlak observed, photographed, and delved into the lives of hundreds of insects in her Maine garden and Philadelphia courtyard. She invites readers to join in. Her last chapter: “If you plant it, they will come.”

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